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Authorities investigate MU break ins

By Morgan Fleener Daily Staff Writer The Iowa State Police Division is currently investigating two incidents of attempted theft that have occurred at the Memorial Union in less than a month.

Police reported the first attempted break-in took place on Jan. 12 with no items appearing to be stolen or missing.

On Jan. 24, authorities were again called to the 1630 Memorial Union student office at around 11:15 p.m. to look into what has now been determined as another attempted burglary, police said.

Nothing has been found to be taken during either incident.

However, the police said they are continuing to investigate whether the two events have any connection with each other.

Lt. Elliot Florer encourages all students to take this time to reflect on what they can do to ensure the safety of their own personal belongings.

“It’s pretty common sense stuff, but it still continues to frequently happen,” Florer said. “Students need to make sure they are locking their residence halls even if they are only going to be gone a short period of time.”

Florer said students also need to take into consideration the dangers of leaving valuables in motorized vehicles.

“If valuables are in your car, take them with you,” Florer said. “If that is not possible, put them where nobody can see them and they are completely out of sight.”

In regards to the current investigations taking place at the Memorial Union, anyone with any details or information, which could aid the investigation, are encouraged to call ISU police at (515) 294-4428.

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Photo: Rebekka Brown/Iowa State Daily Cyclone Ally cheers during a time out at the game between Iowa State and Missouri on Jan. 11 at Hilton Coliseum. The Cyclones fell to the Tigers 76-69.

By Jeremiah.Davis @iowastatedaily.com There was something in the air in Hilton Coliseum for several years. It was an aura that took over when an elite opponent came to town or when a big game got close. The so-called Cyclone Nation came together and made an actual impact on the outcome of games.

Affectionately known by Cyclone fans as “Hilton Magic,” the home-court advantage that once was, hasn’t been around for some time. With a potential

NCAA Tournament-bound ISU men’s basketball team, the Magic may be coming back.

“Our fans have been unbelievable, really all year,” said coach Fred Hoiberg. “We know our fans are going to be here. I’ve seen it Hoiberg since I was four years old coming to games. If you come out here and show an effort, the fans are going to be behind you.”

Hoiberg’s story as a player is well-documented, and “Hilton Magic” was in full swing when he was

a player at Iowa State from 1991-92 to 1994-95.

When asked if the Magic was back, Hoiberg smiled.

“It’s getting there,” Hoiberg said. “The excitement is there. We’ve just got to continue to go out there and try to play great basketball and give good effort and keep the fans coming.”

Saturday’s game will be a good barometer of the state of Hilton Magic. The Cyclones (14-6, 4-3 Big 12) host No. 5 Kansas to a sellout crowd, and the matchup has traditionally been the biggest game of

China

Dancing and dragons International students ring in new year

By Elizabeth.Zabel @iowastatedaily.com Monday kicked off the Chinese New Year. This year marks the year of the Dragon, a representation of power, luck, and strength.

The Chinese Students and Scholars Association is presenting the Chinese Dragon Year Gala from 4:30 to 9:30 p.m. on Jan. 29.

From 4:30 to 6:30, a traditional Chinese Dinner provided by Mongolian Buffet will be served at Memorial Lutheran Church.

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Sustainability

Minor focuses on eco education

New option teaches environmental issues

By Meg.Grissom @iowastatedaily.com

Photo: Firstname Lastname/Iowa State Daily Wen Wang, graduate student in journalism and mass communication, rehearses a Chinese rap Wednesday, Jan 25 for the Greenlee Chinese New Year Celebration.

This is the second celebration put on by Greenlee graduate students.

Following the dinner, there will be a Chinese cultural display in the Oak Room of the Memorial

Union featuring calligraphy, traditional Chinese clothing and a tea ceremony, where participants are

taught how to brew traditional Chinese tea.

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Student clubs debate sex ed

By Alex.Erb @iowastatedaily.com On Wednesday night, an estimated 40 Iowa State students gathered in the Gold Room of the Memorial Union to view a debate hosted by the ISU Ambassadors. The topic of the debate: the federal government and its role in sex education.

Dan Rajewski, a graduate student in geological and atmospheric science, represented ISU Students for Life, a club that educates and

promote the importance of human life from conception to death.

His opponent was Miles Brainard, freshman in community and regional planning and president of The Good Sex Brigade, a club that educates students on sexual expression and healthy sexual activity.

The debate followed a typical format; both parties gave an opening speech, then answered a series of questions, followed by closing

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More information about clubs ISU Students for Life meet on Mondays at 7:30 p.m. in room 3505 of the Memorial Union, and can be contacted at 224-217-1713.

The Good Sex Brigade meets on Thursdays at 5:30 p.m. in the Sloss House, and can be contacted at thegoodsexbrigade@gmail.com.

Mark Bryden, an associate professor of mechanical engineering, started off his class by reading the headlines from multiple newspapers, all of which had one thing in common: sustainability. “This is the age of energy,” he told his class as he held up a paper.

This class, TSC 220, “Globalization and Sustainability,” is one of many classes on campus that is centered on sustainability and is a required course for a new program at Iowa State University, a minor in sustainability.

“I think sustainability is an issue of our time,” Bryden said when asked why it is important to offer classes about sustainability. Bryden said students are “going to be the leaders in [sustainability]. ... We as citizens need to be able to intelligently participate in this discussion.”

The new minor has a core requirement of two classes. The first class is TSC 220, a class that “focuses on interconnected roles of energy, materials, human resources, economics and technology in building and maintaining sustainable systems” according to the course description.

The second core class of this minor is “Globalization and the Human Condition,” ANTHR 230, which tackles key global issues and how they link together Africa, the Americas,

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Photo: Rebekka Brown/Iowa State Daily Cyclones Ally begins the Iowa State - Missouri game by throwing red paper in the air Jan. 11 night at Hilton Coliseum. The Tigers defeated the Cyclones 76-69.

>>MAGIC.p1 the year at home for Iowa State.

Hoiberg’s ISU teams beat Kansas three times while he was a player and said he can’t wait for the game to get here so he and his team can experience the environment.

“There’s always a little something extra special for the Kansas game,” Hoiberg said. “They come in here — they’re as good a road team as anybody. So we’re going to have to come out with great effort and intensity and get our crowd into it early to try and get that home court advantage.”

Before practice on Thursday, several players said Saturday’s matchup with the Jayhawks (173, 7-0) is a payback game of sorts.

The Cyclones came close to making an upset on Jan. 14, falling 82-73 after leading by as many as 12 points in the second half. “[It’s] definitely a redemption game for us,” said forward Royce White. “We felt like after [the loss to Kansas], we were upset with our-

selves. We kind of gave the game away. We want to go out here and get it.”

White has become known this season for feeding off the Hilton crowd, many times interacting with fans after a big dunk or key moment in a game.

The players got to experience what Allen Fieldhouse did for Kansas in the last meeting, and White said Hilton mirrors that effect. “[Hilton does] the same thing, I would hope,” White said. “In some of our conference games here, you can see it. It’s definitely top-two places to play in the Big 12.”

The ISU student section, known as Cyclone Alley, is a student-organization that leads cheers and organizes campaigns for games.

Co-chairman Alex Jenson and co-chairwoman Brittany Kuntz lead the organization. For the Kansas game, they created a contest where fans can create a poster and submit them on Facebook. The winner will get four tickets to the game.

>>CHINESE.p1 After the culture display, performances begin at 7 p.m. in the Great Hall.

They will cost $5 to attend.

These performances include a speech from James Dorsett, director of International Students and Scholars, Chinese students singing popular Chinese and American songs including, a “cross talk” involving joke telling between two people, and Malaysian lion dancing.

According to CSSA president, Ziyu Jiang, the Chinese New Year is the biggest event in China, and because of this, many Chinese students get home sick. The gala gives them the opportunity to celebrate traditional culture far from home.

“In China, it is an occasion for people to say ‘good birth’ to each other,” said Tonglu Li, assistant professor of Chinese.

“It’s an occasion for family reunion, visiting with ancestors and eating.”

Some popular food items for the holiday include dump-

Photo: Kait McKinney/Iowa State Daily Graduate students rehearse for the Year of the Dragon celebration in Hamilton Hall Wednesday. The celebration is held Friday and includes singing, dancing and games.

lings, rice cakes and fish. Jiang says these items and several others will be offered at Sunday’s gala.

Ling Cai, lecturer of world languages and cultures, said dumplings are meant to represent wealth and prosperity because they are shaped like Chinese money.

Also, the word for rice cake means “higher” in Chinese, again representing prosperity.

Each year, there are differ-

ent postal stamps resembling each sign of the zodiac. This year, the stamp is an image of a menacing-looking dragon.

“For a celebration, people usually don’t use this kind of monstrous image. An image of a dragon is something that can be interpreted as threatening, and China is perceived as a threat to some people here,” Li said. “Some people think it’s a message from China saying, ‘I’m becoming strong.’”

Li explained that most Western cultures view the image of a dragon as evil and monstrous In China the dragon stands as a positive symbol of power and might.

“The emperor is regarded as a true dragon, embodied,” Li said.

In previous years of the dragon, the image has been portrayed less menacing than this years image.

Within the game, Jenson and Kuntz believe the students have an impact on the game, and the atmosphere keeps the fans coming back.

“One of biggest reasons students love to come to the games is for that big, giant atmosphere that they love,” Kuntz said. “All the students get excited, you get caught up in the moment.”

Kansas will bring potential Player-of-theYear candidate Thomas Robinson with them, as well as veteran guard Tyshawn Taylor, who’s been on a hot streak that started with the second half of the Iowa State game in Lawrence, Kan. Whether or not Hilton Magic as Hoiberg knew it as a player is back, only time — and potentially Saturday’s game — will tell. Senior guard Scott Christopherson said the atmosphere Saturday will certainly be in the Cyclones’ favor.

“I think obviously it’s exciting, playing in a nationally televised game in front of a sellout crowd,” Christopherson said. “It doesn’t get better as far as the atmosphere.”

“The dragon is the only one [of the zodiac signs] that is not a real animal; it is legendary,” Cai said. “It represents power, luck, and strength. ... During the year of the dragon people try to have their baby, for good luck.”

Legend says the beginning of the Chinese New Year started several thousand years ago with a battle against a monster called the Nian.

On the first day of the New Year, Nian would come and eat livestock, crops and villagers, causing much destruction.

It is believed that the color red and firecrackers were used to frighten away the Nian.

Today, the color red is still common in celebrations of the New Year. For example, red lanterns are used, and Cai said “red packets” are filled with money by older generations and given to younger generations.

Li said that a traditional decoration, called the Chun Lian, is posted on both sides of doors with calligraphy of poetic phrases painted on the paper.

Often saying “fu,” meaning fortune, these are usually hung upside down, saying “dao” meaning arrival. This upside down phrase means “the luck has arrived,” Cai said. ™

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Rajewski cited the founding fathers and other historical figures in support of his position that sex, in its purest form is the greatest good and not to be tampered with by the government.

He also cited Griswold v. Connecticut (1965) as a turning point in American history, wherein he claims the supreme court overstepped its bounds by overturning a Connecticut law that prohibited the use of contraceptives.

Brainard, however, thinks that the government should be more involved with sex and sex education because that involvement provides for the public welfare.

He mentioned that 400,000 teens give birth in the United States every year, which is more births than in any other developed country.

He also mentioned that the cost to taxpayers of teen pregnancy is just over $9 billion, whereas the cost to institute comprehensive sex education in public schools would be only $206 million.

When asked if contraceptives and education about contraceptive options should be provided in schools, the two shared opposing opinions.

“They should provide comprehensive education of birth control methods,” Brainard said. “School nurses should at least have condoms, and students shouldn’t be embarrassed to take them.”

Rajewski responded with, “No such product should be in a public institution. If any information should be provided it should regard the potential health risks [of those products].”

When asked about education’s role in preventing sexual assault, the two came to a shaky consensus.

“Without comprehensive sex education, kids don’t know how to say ‘no’ and aren’t as well-equipped to defend themselves,” Brainard said.

Rajewski agreed in part, saying, “I agree that students should be taught how to avoid being victims of sexual assault, but there is a balance that needs to be stricken,” explaining that teaching kids too much about sexual assault may actually encourage it.

In closing arguments, both debaters summarized their views.

“There are basic laws that govern our world and allow the common good to be promoted. When we break these laws, there are consequences. The further we deviate from these laws, the more problems we introduce,” Rajewski said.

Brainard said the opposite: “Requiring comprehensive sex-ed is a responsibility we have to ourselves and our children, and to not provide it is expensive, immoral and a plain shame.”

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Plastic waste creates ocean landfills, too “A quick search on the internet will verify what I’m about to tell you – the world’s largest landfill sits in the Pacific Ocean. Millions of pounds of refuse plastic float in a swirling mass known as the Great Pacific Garbage Patch that covers twice the area of the state of Texas. Though at present, only oceanic life has to suffer our wastefulness and apathy, sooner rather than later we will have to pick up after ourselves when what is now a patch becomes a continent. Be proactive and phase out your own purchases of plastic containers. Be ‘Cystainable’.”

Gavin Moore is senior in philosophy and environmental studies

“Due to diminishing resources and a rapidly changing climate, sustainable design requires a thorough understanding of energy performance as a dynamic design parameter. Natural ventilation and daylight are complex and ever-changing phenomena,” Ulrike Passe tells us.

Passe is an ISU assistant professor of architecture and director of the ISU Center for Building Energy Research. Along side Passe, visiting professor, Robert Demel from Beuth University developed and led the 2011 program at the Beuth University of Applied Sciences in Berlin.

Eleven undergraduate and graduate students from Iowa State University participated in a five- week program, ARS Berlin Summer Academy 2011. The program included issues of reorganization and sustainable development in organizations.

The students were put into teams and asked to work from an existing master plan for the urban brownfield rehabilitation site in Berlin called the European Energy Forum (EUREF). “Students also benefit tremendously from working collaboratively with students from other cultural background and within the inspiring environment of a European capital like Berlin,” Passe explains.

Energy modeling, dynamic daylight stimulation software and

Photo courtesy of Ulrike Passe Students involved with the international design project gather around a large city planning model in Berlin last summer.

illumination were included in the teams’ design. “Students benefit from addressing those challenges of climate change creatively, as architects and designers to be equipped during the early design phase with the knowledge and design tools to integrate and predict the dynamic performance of natural light, solar energy and air movement to achieve these sus-

tainable, high performance buildings,” Passe says.

Once back at the Iowa State a smaller group of students continued to work on the project in fall 2011 semester. “Students also benefit tremendously from working collaboratively with students from other cultural background and within the inspiring environment of a European capital like

Berlin.”

Passe is planning to offer a similar study abroad to Berlin this summer and students are allowed to apply for this program.

As a part of the exhibition held on January 17, the students’ designs were featured. Also, through February 3 these designs will be showcased in the Lightfoot Forum.

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In addition to the two core classes, students will be required to take nine additional credit hours of classes that feature sustainable themes and content, six of which must be at the three-hundred level or above.

The elective courses are listed under many different majors, including agronomy, food science and even English.

Students not only learn more about sustainability thorugh the minor but how it can be incorporated into their future jobs or career goals. Most any career gains some benefit from sustainability.

“In any field or career that students will be going into, awareness and knowledge about being more sustainable and how resources are utilized is going to assist them greatly in their careers,” said Merry Rankin, director of sustainability at Iowa State.

She said having a background in sustainability is helpful to the student because “having that wellrounded awareness will be beneficial to their future success.”

Natalie Nowak, sophomore in pre-architecture, is planning on pursuing a sustainability minor and said learning more about this topic will enrich her future career.

“I think sustainability and architecture go hand in hand,” Nowak said.

Having had no previous experience with this area before, she said she finds the course topics a bit tedious, but overall she has been enjoying her class experience.

“I never realized how relevant [sustainability] is to me,” she added.

The topic of sustainability includes many levels of interest. This characteristic is reflected by the wide variety of classes that can apply to this minor.

The complete list of classes approved for the sustainability minor can be found at: www.las.iastate.edu/sustainability.

How to choose eco-friendly fabric

By Taylor.Hilsabeck @iowastatedaily.com Clothing production has enormous environmental impacts.

Cotton, for example, is the world’s most polluting crop, responsible for 25 percent of all pesticide use in the world each year.

Worker’s rights and animal welfare are also issues when deciding on green options in clothing.

Different fabrics have different impacts, depending on what their fiber content.

Nylon and Polyester These energy-hungry synthetics are non-biodegradable as well as made from petrochemicals. Polyester uses large amounts of water for cooling along with lubricants, which can become a source of contamination.

The Green Choice: Try shopping for recycled polyester.

Patagonia has many options made from recycled drink bottles.

Cotton The pesticides in cotton remain in the fabric and are released during the lifetime of the garments.

The Green Choice: Purchase organic cotton instead. Organic

cotton garments are free from chlorine bleaches and synthetic dyes. Blue Canoe, Gaiam and Xylem are just a few companies with fashionable, sustainable cotton fabrics.

Rayon Rayon is an artificial fiber made from wood pulp which seems more sustainable at first glance. However, old growth forests are often cleared and subsistence farmers are sometimes displaced to make way for pulpwood plantations. To make rayon, the wood pulp is treated with hazardous chemicals such as caustic soda and sulfuric acid.

The Green Choice: Try clothing made from hemp or bamboo instead. Hemp is a thoroughly ecological crop; easy to cultivate and pest tolerant, it needs few or no agrochemicals. At the same time, hemp binds and enriches the soil with its roots. The Hempest and Soul-Flower are hemp clothing companies.

Bamboo is the latest plant material to hit the eco-friendly fabrics market. Described as hypoallergenic, absorbent, fast-drying and naturally anti-bacterial.

Element EcoWear offers trendy bamboo clothing as well as other sustainable fabrics.

Graphic: David Derong/Iowa State Daily Nylon, cotton, rayon and wool are common materials found in clothing production. These materials have a great impact on the environment.

Wool Traditional wool garments are usually exposed to organophosphate sheep dip, a bath dip of solution, aiming to rid the animals of external parasites such as ticks or lice. These “OPs” are difficult to dispose of without adversely

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Romney’s tax accounts not presidential Let’s talk about money for a few minutes.

Earlier this week, Mitt Romney released his tax return, showing to the world he brought in an astounding $21.6 million in 2010 and paid an astoundingly low 13.9 percent of that back in taxes.

Now, the conversation about Romney’s seemingly low tax rate is a conversation for another editorial — as is Newt Gingrich only giving 2.6 percent of his income to charitable donations. The real reason we bring it up is simply to illustrate the fact that Romney has a lot of money to keep track of.

In movies new and old, the wildly rich are known to keep their money in off-shore accounts. Romney, of course, brings the movie reels to life.

Per the advice of a campaign adviser, he closed one such account — a Swiss account — back in 2010 in anticipation of his White House bid in 2011.

Romney’s advisers, reports say, told the former Massachusetts governor that having the account “just wasn’t worth it” and that it may appear to be inconsistent with some of his political stances.

While that makes sense in theory, we have one big question that remains after hearing this news: Why close the Swiss account and not his other off-shore accounts?

Accounts that now hold, by the way, most if not all of his offshore money, a total that could be as high as $32 million.

Maybe it’s just us, but when the words “Cayman Islands” and “banking” are used in conjunction, we don’t think straight-laced, presidential types.

“Swiss bank account” says sophistication and class. Switzerland is one of the finest countries on Earth.

Decadent chocolates, superb watchmaking, Swiss Army Knives, the Alps.

You name it, the Swiss have perfected it. To us, if you have large sums of money stashed away in the Alps, you’re doing pretty well.

But we picture your classic Bond villain whenever the Cayman Islands are mentioned. It’s not a stretch to imagine Romney sitting in a big, red swivel chair, stroking his prized feline as Gingrich or any other adversary comes to vanquish his plans to rule the world.

It doesn’t seem a great campaign strategy to be portrayed as a Bond villain.

If nothing else, the news about Swiss and other offshore accounts has done nothing to legitimize the already murky waters Romney was swimming in once those tax returns were released.

Sure, he’s a savvy business man who has no interest in paying excess taxes, but in a year in which the 99 percent has become more vocal than ever, all that money speaks pretty loudly, too.

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Photo courtesy of Thinkstock Learning a foreign language or two is an essential building block for today’s cross-cultural connections. Children need to be taught languages early to promote diversity and multiculturalism.

Connect across languages Multilingualism creates diverse, cultured youth At the beginning of my junior year of high school, I became acquainted with two foreign exchange students from Serbia through the drama program. For three months of afterschool practice, I listened to them rehearse their lines with foreign accents and speak to each other in their native language and was, I hate to admit, fascinated.

As a high schooler from the Midwest, I had very little experience with people from other countries. It was upon getting to know those people I began to realize how small my own personal world really was in comparison to the one I had yet to see.

The point of this little story is to show how many young people, not even just those from the Midwest, can grow up ignorant of the wide variety of people and cultures that exists beyond where they grew up. Of course, the United States has areas that are higher in diversity than others, but many still do not grow up to fully appreciate a culture other than their own.

Sometimes it is difficult to find connections with other cultures, whether they live in the same city as you or not. But there is one link that can at the very least serve as a building block in connecting multiple cultures: language.

Schools in other countries recognize the importance of knowing more than one lan-

By Meg.Grissom @iowastatedaily.com guage and teach their students to be bilingual from a very young age. It is considered almost necessary to learn English, but it is also helpful, and normal, to learn other languages as well.

One of my friends from Serbia spoke English, Serbian, French and picked up the basics of Spanish quickly when she studied it in the United States. She also told me she wanted the next language she learned to be German and that she would begin studying when she got home, as if it were nothing out of the ordinary.

In most schools in the United States, learning a language is considered upper level learning and not taught until late middle school, with the exception of Spanish numbers and letters that may be taught in elementary schools.

This philosophy usually does not work.

The “critical period hypothesis” says that there is a certain age range (somewhere between 3 and 7) where children are able to learn a language through mere exposure and the result is native-like fluency. But once the critical age range has been passed, this ability fades.

Because of this reason, schools should begin

to teach foreign language to their students through exposure in early elementary school.

Learning a second language at a young age will be easier for the student and, therefore, less of a chore as they try to advance their knowledge of the language when they grow older.

Knowing a foreign language has many benefits. The curriculum of language learning typically involves lessons on culture as well, allowing the student to relate better to a person who is from another part of the world. Being able to create this cross-cultural connection is important later on in life as well when that student joins the workforce.

As I mentioned previously, the rise in technology has created the ability to connect with people across the globe.

By being able to speak a foreign language natively, not sparingly, Americans will be better equipped to compete in today’s global economy. Bilingual education is a characteristic that should be widespread in the United States’ education system.

Learning a foreign language is no longer a hobby, but an essential building block for cross-cultural connections in today’s world.

If taught early, children will not struggle with mastering a foreign language but will be able to confidently compete in a global economy.

Meg Grissom is a junior in linguistics from Carlisle, Iowa

Fashion

Trademark colors inhibit creativity Louboutin court case to protect red soles lacks sensibility

Would it make sense to allow only one company to make white T-shirts if they were to trademark the color white?

Of course not.

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t has often been a discussion in the fashion industry on how to protect your designs.

Designers aren’t allowed to trademark an entire garment, but they are allowed to trademark certain aspects such as pocket design or logos.

A recent court case involving Yves Saint Laurent and Christian Louboutin brings up another potential trademark: color. I, like many girls, regularly drool over my dream pair of Louboutin shoes with their towering heels and bright red sole. Also like many other girls, my main identifier for these shoes is the red sole. In YSL’s 2011 cruise line, four styles of shoes featured an all-red coloring, including the soles. Louboutin proceeded to file a preliminary injunction against the sale of the shoes as well as for damages. YSL proceeded to sell the shoes regardless, and the case moved on.

Many designers have lobbied for the right to patent or trademark their designs. However, even without legal action, the industry oftentimes performs a check on itself to discourage copies. With the help of thousands of careful observers in blogs, magazines, etc., it doesn’t take long to notice when one designer puts out the same thing as another. The damage this can do to a designer’s reputation is usually not worth the risk.

Part of the argument not to allow designers to patent designs

Photo courtesy of Thinkstock Louboutin has trademarked its red-soled shoes. Yves Saint Laurent’s 2011 line featured all-red shoes. Should Louboutin be allowed to trademark brand recognition through shoe color?

By Jessica.Bruning @iowastatedaily.com is that the fashion industry thrives off of putting clothes through a cycle. Lower end stores create their own, more affordable versions of designer brands for the general public to buy. This cycle is what brings trends in and out.

So, should a color be trademarked? YSL has featured shoes with a red sole since the 1970s.

Louboutin showed his first in 1992, filed for a trademark and had it rejected in 2002, then had the file accepted in 2008. However, YSL argues that despite the fact that Louboutin was granted trademark, “no one designer should

be able to monopolize a primary color for an article of clothing.”

It seems reasonable. Would it make sense to allow only one company to make white T-shirts if they were to trademark the color white? Of course not. However, other companies like Tiffany have a copyright on their signature blue box and Hermes has copyright over their shade of orange. The slippery slope argument is rarely a strong one in law, but in the fashion industry, trends are created on slippery slopes.

Louboutin needs to drop the case. If the red sole is as recognizable as they claim, YSL creating a line with four all red shoes shouldn’t be too much of an issue.

The second that YSL puts out a pair of black pumps with a red sole, the fashion world will go berserk with accusations of copying. I seriously doubt that a well known fashion house such as YSL

would even consider making such a terrible move.

The fashion industry is already an elitist one. Can’t spend $500 (or about $900 in the case of a basic Louboutin pump) on a pair of shoes? Don’t even bother stepping into the ranks of the well styled.

But we poor college students and average fashionistas get by. We put in the time bargain hunting and look for the quality that we can afford in the hopes we’ll find that perfect piece that is on trend and in our price range. With the addition of patenting designs and trademarking colors, we’d be lucky to be able to buy a pair of blue jeans without some company making a monopoly.

Instead we force designers to come up with new and innovative designs. We demand the effort put into an ever changing fashion world. If a designer is good enough to do something as well and as simply as a red soled high heel, more power to designers. But, the designers should have to do it with the understanding that the law isn’t all protecting. Building a good brand will be.

Jessica Bruning is a senior

in political science and apparel merchandising design and production from Castana, Iowa.

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Buccaneers hire Schiano to bring back consistency

By Fred Goodall The Associate Press TAMPA, Florida — The Tampa Bay Buccaneers hired Greg Schiano as head coach on Thursday, counting on the former Rutgers college coach to lead them back to respectability and transform the team into consistent winners.

The 45-year-old was hired Thursday — a media conference was scheduled for Friday — three weeks after the Buccaneers fired Raheem Morris following a 4-12 finish that included letting in the most points in the NFL this season.

“Coach Schiano is a bright, meticulous teacher who knows how to get the most out of his players,” general manager Mark Dominik said. “He built and ran a pro-style program at Rutgers, and he’s a defensive-minded coach.”

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Riding a two-game win streak, the ISU women’s basketball team will get its second chance at a victory against No. 14 Texas A&M in College Station, Tex., on Sunday.

In their first meeting, the Aggies (14-5, 4-3 Big 12) held the Cyclones (11-7, 2-5) to 33 points for the lowest total of the Bill Fennelly-coached era, and Chelsea Poppens says that will help motivate them this time around.

“The way we played [last time] was unacceptable, which motivates us to push on,” Poppens said.

The Cyclones will enter Sunday’s matchup coming off a come-from-behind victory over Kansas State on Wednesday in which Poppens had 23 points and nine rebounds.

Against a team that allowed just 33 points last time, Poppens said keeping the same mindset could help her replicate that success against the Aggies.

“You just have to maintain the same focus you came in with,” Poppens said.

After the loss Jan., 14 at

LACEY TOWNSHIP, N.J. — A New Jersey camel with an appetite for picking winning NFL teams has signaled the New York Giants will win the Super Bowl.

Princess, the star of Popcorn Park Zoo, has correctly picked the winner of five of the last six Super Bowls. She went 14 and 6 predicting regular season games this year.

The Bactrian camel’s prognostication skills flow from her love of graham crackers. Zoo general manager John Bergmann places a cracker and writes the name of the competing teams on each hand.

Whichever hand Princess nibbles from is her pick.

Her only miscue in the big game was picking the Indianapolis Colts over the New Orleans Saints two years ago.

SPORT: Gymnastics DEFINITION: A landing that is flawlessly executed without requiring a step upon impact.

USE: Celine Paulus stuck her landing in the vault competition, despite it being her weakest event.

Jordan Maurice/Iowa State Daily Chelsea Poppens posts up against Texas A&M center Kelsey Bone on Jan. 14. Poppens looks to maintain focus going into Sunday’s game against Texas A&M.

Sorenson prepares to say goodbye

By Alex.Halsted@ iowastatedaily.com As the Cyclones host their final home dual meet of the season on Sunday at Hilton Coliseum, redshirt senior Andrew Sorenson will say goodbye to the home crowd.

For the past five years, the wrestling room at Lied Recreation Athletic Center has become a lot like a home for Sorenson.

During the last four seasons, the No. 4 wrestler at 165 pounds has made many memories on the mat at Hilton Coliseum.

“When I first came here, everyone said it just flies by, and that first year, I didn’t really believe them — it felt like forever,” Sorenson said. “I can’t believe it’s been five years

Tim Reuter/Iowa State Daily Redshirt senior Andrew Sorenson wrestles against Virginia Tech’s Pete Yates at Hilton Coliseum on Jan. 13. Sorenson faces his final home dual meet this weekend.

already, that I’ve been training here for five years and it’s all about to end.”

When No. 14 Iowa State (2-11, 0-6 Big 12) takes on No.

4 Cornell (7-0, 4-0 EIWA) on Sunday, it will take on a team that won 30-16 last season and one that boasts two of the nation’s top-ranked wrestlers.

One of Sunday’s opponents will be No. 1 Kyle Dake, a twotime national champion at 157 pounds who allowed just one point against him last season at nationals.

In recent meets, Dake has wrestled up to 165 pounds, and ISU coach Kevin Jackson said he believes there is a chance Dake could face Sorenson.

If he does, Jackson thinks it would help boost Sorenson as the postseason nears.

“I think it could put him over the top if he wins as far as his confidence and his ability to move forward and take on that mentality of a national champion,” Jackson said. “I think we have some advantages, and I think Dake has some advantages.”

Sorenson said he is preparing to face Dake and is confi-

dent he can win if he faces him.

“I think I’m bigger, stronger, and I think I can compete with him,” Sorenson said.

“If I just scrap for seven minutes, it’ll be a fun match to watch.”

Whether he faces Dake or someone else, Sorenson knows Sunday will be a bittersweet moment, and he hopes he can say goodbye with a victory.

“It’s going to be like a lovehate relationship. It’s going to hurt a little bit walking away from Hilton,” Sorenson said.

“The time I’ve had at Hilton and the time I’ve had at Iowa State has been amazing, and I just hope to send everyone off the right way.”

The meet will begin at 1 p.m. on Sunday at Hilton Coliseum.

Cyclones prepare to clinch Cy-Hawk series

By Isaac.Hunt @iowastatedaily.com The heated rivalry between Iowa and Iowa State will open another chapter Friday when the schools’ gymnastic teams suit up to fight for a win.

An ISU victory would clinch the 2011-12 Iowa Corn Cy-Hawk Series for Iowa State with the series at 13-6 in its favor.

With only eight points remaining and two up for grabs Friday, the Cyclones (0-2, 0-2 Big 12) can help their school win the series while also earning their first victory of the season.

The all-time gymnastic series is led by Iowa State 50-27, but Iowa (2-3-1, 1-0-1 Big Ten) has proven to be tough during the last three years. They have won four out of six meetings.

“It’s a big meet. I grew up knowing a lot about the ri-

valry,” said senior Shea Anderson. “It means a lot more to me competing in the meet bePaulus cause it’s a big deal in Iowa.”

Anderson is the only Iowa native on the roster for the Cyclones, but she doesn’t need to remind her teammates what this rivalry means.

“I hate losing to [Iowa],” said senior Celine Paulus. “It is the worst feeling in the world.”

Paulus is a having a great year, leading her team in the all-around last meet with a career-high score of 39.150.

Her struggle to score high in the vault competition has been her focus for the year.

When asked if she could win the all-around, Paulus answered with a confident yes.

“I feel like I have started to

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this game, Prins said.

Aggie senior Skylar Collins, also a friend of ISU guard Nikki Moody, came off the bench to hit four of her team’s seven 3s to help Texas A&M pull away late in the game last time around.

Poppens believes they’ll take what worked for them against K-State and put it to use this time.

“We just need to play kind of how we did last night (Wednesday) and get out to the 3-point line and get a hand up and bother them up there because they’re a good shooting team and we just need to step up our defense,” she said.

The Iowa State team Aggies fans will see Sunday afternoon will be coming in with a much more confidence, Poppens says, which could help their shots continue to fall like they have been for this two-game win streak.

“After [Wednesday’s] game, I think everyone’s feeling a lot more confident in their shot and just knowing that when we’re playing together as a team and playing as one, that gives us trust in each other and that will overall transfer into the game against Texas A&M,” she said.

Wrestling

N.J. camel predicts win Gymnastics with crackers for Giants

By WAYNE PARRY The Associated Press

Hilton, coach Fennelly said jokingly that he thought Texas A&M played more aggressive than their football team did, as they out-rebounded the Cyclones 40-33 with seven blocks as well.

Now that they have experienced the aggressive style of play first-hand, Brynn Williamson said they will have a completely difference mentality.

“We can’t back down from it, and when we go in there we have to know that it will be a game of aggressiveness and intensity, and we just have to match it,” Williamson said.

“We have to get stronger, and we have to go there with the mentality that we’re going to win, and we can’t be scared going into the game just because of the outcome of the last one.”

One player who played a big role for Texas A&M in the paint was Adaora Elonu, whose 14 points and nine rebounds helped Aggies maintain their presence down low, but Anna Prins said they just need to answer back.

“I think just matching their intensity and really focusing on boxing out in this game and not getting pushed around I think is really going to be key in

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get more consistent in all the events,” Paulus said. “Vault is my biggest thing right now. I’ve been working on that in the gym, so once I get that vault score up I can maybe score in the higher 39s.”

Iowa State has counted falls in different events in its first two meets.

Coach Jay Ronayne said they will find out Friday how the girls will come back after tough mistakes.

“Each one of them is going to respond differently,” Ronayne said.

Ronayne’s approach to the competition is different than

most sports.

“The best approach for us is to take the other team out of the competition,” Ronayne said. “We try our very best to avoid even acknowledging they’re in the building.”

The girls will try their hardest to focus on themselves, but the win will be in the back of their minds during their events at 6:30 p.m. on Friday at Hilton Coliseum.

“In our sport, winning isn’t a huge deal, but beating the Hawkeyes is always a good feeling,” Anderson said. “We want to win the Cy-Hawk series for our school.”

Tim Rueter/Iowa State Daily Senior Shea Anderson competes on the beam during the Beauty and the Beast competion at Hilton Coliseum on Jan. 23, 2011.

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Timmothy Collier, Aubrey Orisek, Zoe Dantzinger, and Mason Masfeldt collapse into a happy pile at Welch Ave. Station

Kurt Lundeen and Andrea Gnat show off their hockey poses outside Welch Ave Station Friday night.

Blake Andera and Amanda Roth await the heavenly delights of Jeff’s Pizza.

Nothing says ‘friendship’ like a good ol’ fashioned choke hold, as demonstrated here by Beth Zeman, Clayton Moorey, and Jason Danielson at Welch Ave. Station.

Jake Freebolin, Erin Gavin, Melissa Baker, Ellen Even share some pizza at Jeff’s Pizza. And yes, Freebolin is Jake’s real last name, we even checked his I.D.

Becca Miller, Pablo Vahanian, and Will Flynn are makin’ that money by slinging drinks to a thirsty crowd at Cafe Mood.

Laura Edgmand, Michelle Mensing, Michelle Mitchell, and Brittany Bell give the boys a run for their money at Cafe Mood.

Kayla Pickhinke, Michael Petors, and Deadrea Mills try not to spill their mixed drinks while dancing to the live DJ at Cafe Mood.

Amber Mulle and Josh Larish try to stay warm as they walk down Welch Friday night.

Sexy sells at Cafe Mood! Or at the very least it gets Colleen Kinsay, Danielle Nelson, and Kayla Kirby a spot on the Nightlife page!

Kevin Roer and Ali Abshier are a tower of love at Welch Ave. Station.

One CRAZY group of friends bonding over their love of Jeff’s Pizza: Mike Witzmann, Derek Silverthorn, Emily Kock, Kaleigh Kramer, Megan Kenney, Noelle Clark, Sophie Wittkamp, and Isaac Alingarst.

Jillian Lekander, Abby Gooder, and Dan Inglis share a group hug at their favorite bar, Outlaws.